| Born in Shuyang county, Jiangsu Province
in September 1900, Studied in the Shanghai Fine Arts Junior College,1919– 1921; Taught fine arts in the Shuyang County High School,1923 – 1927; Employed as painter by the Shanghai Yijing Scene Company,1928 – 1930, Photographer of the Shanghai Hongdeng Photo Studio, 1930 -1932; Art Director of the Shanghai Tianyi Film Company, 1932 – 1934; Photographer of the Shanghai Diantong Film Industry Company, Mingxing Film Company, 1935 – 1937; Head of the Film Group of the General Political Department of the Yan’an 8th Route Army, 1938 – 1946; Technical department head and deputy studio director of the Northeast Film Studio, 1946 – 1948; Director of the Northeast Film Studio,1949 – 1954; The Deputy Dean of the Beijing Film Academy and also the director of the photography department, 1955 – 1970; Member of the Culture Team of State Council, 1970 – 1974; Advisor of the Film Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, 1977 – 1982; Past away in Beijing on September 1994. |